A recruiting trip for Ohio State offensive coordinator Tom Herman quickly turned into the night he became very well-acquainted with his rental car.

On Tuesday, a large swath of the South, including the Atlanta area, was covered in what can best be described as winter misery. Traffic was at a standstill for most, which brings us to a report from Sports Illustrated's Zac Ellis, who spotted some play-by-play coming from Herman's Twitter feed.

Here is what it was like to be the coach, presented by a very flabbergasted Herman tweeting from a rental:

And then there were the far more troubling reports that some children had to stay at school away from their families because of the weather. The report offers: "At least 850 children were stuck at school in Marietta, Ga., where buses started to take the kids home on Tuesday afternoon but had to turn back because of bad roads."

USA Today reported on Wednesday that officials are still trying to lend aid to motorists still stuck on the highways and the "thousands" of kids stuck at schools.

We certainly hope this very scary situation gets remedied quickly. If all else fails, perhaps Chipper Jones can go back out and play hero a few more times.